Past events
FBI post 9/11: intelligence transformation
9/11 is regarded as the most lethal terrorist attack in history, taking the lives of 3,000 Americans and international citizens and ultimately leading to far-reaching changes in anti-terror...
Prospects for Asia's security architecture - Singapore's Ambassador-at-Large Bilahari Kausikan
In this lecture Singapore's Ambassador-at-Large Mr Bilahari Kausikan will look at the prospects for Asia's Security Architecture. Drawing on his extensive experience and with a...
A new research agenda for East Asian security and International Relations
East Asia's contemporary strategic order defies easy description or explanation: contradictory trends prevail, particularly growing levels of economic interdependence that coexist with heightened...
The American counterculture of war: supporting foreign insurgents and the American discourse of war
The US is grappling with the problem of supporting rebel groups in Syria as part of its strategy to defeat DAESH. Meanwhile, Russia supports rebels in the Ukraine and Iran continues its...
Why China will not become the dominant power in Asia - Public lecture by Paul Dibb and John Lee
The belief that China will soon become the dominant power in Asia is based on assumptions that its continued and rapid economic rise, and its emergence as a regional peer of America's...
Gallipoli 1915: a century on
The Gallipoli campaign of 1915 remains one of the most controversial events of the First World War. One hundred years later, Gallipoli continues to arouse debate over its flawed strategy, the real...
Keeping secrets? Lessons from history on intelligence in the age of ISIS
'Keeping secrets? Lessons from history on the challenges facing intelligence organisations in the age of IS'
In this lecture Professor Keith Jeffery will reflect on the...
Stemming the nuclear tide: The nuclear nonproliferation treaty at 45
Presented by the Strategic & Defence Studies Centre
In a world brimming with instability and chaos, nuclear arms control...
War studies seminar: resource security, climate change and the future character of war
Prested by the Strategic and...
War Studies Seminar: The battle for Ap Bac, South Vietnam - and why it is still relevant.
Presenter: Visiting Professor Clive Williams MG
Abstract:
The battle for Ap Bac in South Vietnam in January 1963 led eventually to a substantial...
